docs/glossary.rst

   1 Glossary
   2 ========
   3
   4 .. glossary::
   5
   6    `Virtual machine`_
   7
   8       A Virtual machine is a program that can execute an entire
   9       operatin system inside an emulated hardware environment.
  10
  11    `Container`_
  12
  13       A Container is an isolated user space. Programs runs directly on
  14       the hosts kernel, but with limited access to the host resources.
  15
  16    `Rust`_
  17
  18       Rust is a new, fast and memory-efficient system programming
  19       language, with no runtime or garbage collector. Rust’s rich type
  20       system and ownership model guarantee memory-safety and
  21       thread-safety. I can eliminate many classes of bugs
  22       at compile-time.
  23
  24    `Sphinx`_
  25
  26       Is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and
  27       beautiful documentation. It was originally created for the
  28       Python documentation, and it has excellent facilities for the
  29       documentation of software projects in a range of languages.
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  32
  33    `reStructuredText`_
  34
  35       Is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext
  36       markup syntax and parser system.